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What Is Regenerative Travel? And Who Is Leading The Way In 2026

December 3, 2025

“Sustainability is the baseline. Regeneration is the evolution,” agreed Hector De Castro, chairman of Regenera Luxury, the world’s first certification for regenerative luxury hotels and retreats, in a video interview.

“While sustainability focuses on reducing harm, regeneration asks you to change your mindset: not only reduce, but improve,” he noted.

Regeneration also requires reconnecting tourism with the ‘real destination,’ the local people, the legacies and the family-run businesses. For him, the mindset shift is about moving beyond key economic indicators and profit targets to create genuinely meaningful, localized impact.


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An article by Emese Maczko . 
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